Cant breast feed my little girl

My little girl is 8 days old and today i had to make a discion tat i couldnt breat feed her. She was born 6lb 10oz but now she is weighing just under 6lb, so oviously my milk isnt good enough I need some advice what to do about the leaking im getting. Do i pump the milk out or do i just leave it?

Hi Sam, i didnt BF dd and just left boobs alone, they will be sore for 3-4 days [cabbage leaves put in the fridge and applied to the boobs do help, ask your mw] i would post this over in breastfeeding chat as the ladies over there are fab. xxxx

If you stop cold turkey you could end up getting mastitis which isn't what you want. Now you've switched her to bottle (and don't feel bad about that, I had to do it as well hon, its heartbreaking that you cant feed your own baby but its for their own good. You've not done anything wrong).

Anyway, you will still be producing quite a bit - buy breast pads if you dont already have some, and either hand express (if you can) or pump a little milk out to relieve the pressure. Do only a little bit and over the next week or so reduce the amount you are taking out. Your breasts will produce less milk as you reduce the amount you take, and eventually will stop. I stopped breastfeeding at around 6 weeks, and once I got over this stage they largely stopped leaking, but watch out because whenever I heard a newborn cry, or lo cried a lot and harshly, I would leak again. And that went on until he was almost a year old!!

Has your HV told you to stop? All babies lose some weight in the first week of birth, so dont stop breastfeeing unless your HV has told you to hon, it might just be taking her a little while to get the milk so you could try offering her food more often? If you're HV hasn't said anything about it, talk it over with her first.

Hi ive gc from ttcab , i breast fed both my sons for 3 years each , i personally dont advise that u express yr milk , as yr body will carry on making milk , as it wll still feel like its doing a job , u should be eating high calorie foods thta are rich so yr milk can be rich , drink plenty of fluids , i'm surprise yr mw hasnt been more surportive , if u want to keep trying then do so all babies lose weight , yr milk will only have come in 4 days ago so it will take a while to astablish breatfeeding , u could always give her both formula and breast just to top her up , dont beat yr self up thoi u have done yr best , if u have stopped i would just gently reliave the pressure off with a hot flannel in the bath as theuy will leak in a hot bath and use cold cabbage leafs , take paracetamol and they shouldnt take too long to sort them self out , take care vixki xxx

If you stop cold turkey you could end up getting mastitis which isn't what you want. Now you've switched her to bottle (and don't feel bad about that, I had to do it as well hon, its heartbreaking that you cant feed your own baby but its for their own good. You've not done anything wrong).

Anyway, you will still be producing quite a bit - buy breast pads if you dont already have some, and either hand express (if you can) or pump a little milk out to relieve the pressure. Do only a little bit and over the next week or so reduce the amount you are taking out. Your breasts will produce less milk as you reduce the amount you take, and eventually will stop. I stopped breastfeeding at around 6 weeks, and once I got over this stage they largely stopped leaking, but watch out because whenever I heard a newborn cry, or lo cried a lot and harshly, I would leak again. And that went on until he was almost a year old!!

Has your HV told you to stop? All babies lose some weight in the first week of birth, so dont stop breastfeeing unless your HV has told you to hon, it might just be taking her a little while to get the milk so you could try offering her food more often? If you're HV hasn't said anything about it, talk it over with her first.

Good luck hon xx

Yes my midwife told me to as she wasnt getting the fatty stuff from my milk. Summer as lost near a 1lb since being born 8 9 days ago no and its to much to lose so uick. I did tell my boyfriend if she lost more weight when the midwife came again then i would bottle feed. Its whats best for summer not for me